Synonyms for insist
ɪnˈsɪstin·sist

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1. insist

   Synonyms:
   claim, command, deny, enforce, exact, extort, refuse, reject

   Antonyms:
   ask, beg, beseech, crave, demand, entreat, implore, petition, pray, request, require, solicit, supplicate

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1. insist

   Synonyms:
   stand, demand, maintain, contend, persist, persevere, urge

   Antonyms:
   abandon, waive, concede, surrender, yield, forego

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1. insist, take a firm standverb

   be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge

   "I must insist!"

   Synonyms:
   importune, take a firm stand, assert

2. importune, insistverb

   beg persistently and urgently

   "I importune you to help them"

   Synonyms:
   importune, take a firm stand, assert

3. insist, assertverb

   assert to be true

   "The letter asserts a free society"

   Synonyms:
   swear, importune, asseverate, maintain, verify, assert, take a firm stand, put forward, swan, affirm, avow, aver

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1. insistverb

   Synonyms:
   persist, press, urge, contend

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1. List of paraphrases for "insist":

   stress, insists, emphasise, persevere, persist, push, demand, dwell, urge, emphasize, nasr, press

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1. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   Insist on yourself never imitate... Every great man is unique.

2. Euripides:

   A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today--and in fact we have forgotten.

3. Patrick Leahy:

   I hope next week, when the president’s Supreme Court nominee will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, he provides transparent, truthful answers to Senators’ questions, i will insist on real answers from Judge Neil Gorsuch, because there are real concerns about his record and his judicial philosophy.

4. Minky Worden:

   The virus is impacting the health, human rights, employment and careers of athletes but also the well-being of millions whose livelihoods are dependent on the sports industry and its supply chain, sports bodies have a responsibility to lower risks to athletes, insist on the free flow of information, and conduct themselves in an open and transparent way.

5. German Chancellor Angela Merkel:

   While we hurry to set up the main political points and framework for this agreement we must also at the same time insist on maintaining the standards which we have in Europe.